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Re: Merge Wizard?

From: Peter McNab <mcnab_p_at_melbpc.org.au>
Date: 2007-11-03 02:13:28 CET

Simon Large wrote:
> On 01/11/2007, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Peter McNab wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Did a merge using the new sequence of dialogs (Wizard?).
>>> Liked the explanation on the two choices of merge type.
>>>
>>> In the same panel as the 'Test' button is another checkbox, whose
>>> descriptive text I now forget.
>>>
>> "only record the merge"
>>
>>
>>> However it's precise meaning was not clear to me and I couldn't readily
>>> find a refernce to it in the help.
>>>
>> The help isn't yet fully updated.
>>
>
> Well that bit was ;-)
>
> <para>
> If you are using merge tracking and you want to mark a revision as
> having been merged, without actually doing the merge here, check the
> <guilabel>Only record the merge</guilabel> checkbox. There are two
> possible reasons you might want to do this. It may be that the merge
> is too complicated for the merge algorithms, so you code the changes
> by hand, then mark the change as merged so that the merge tracking
> algorithm is aware of it. Or you might want to prevent a particular
> revision from being merged. Marking it as already merged will prevent
> the merge occurring with merge-tracking-aware clients.
> </para>
>
> Which part needs clarifying?
>
> Simon
>
The above is clear, now that I see it.

I visually scanned (not searched) the help expecting to find a
highlighted "Only record the merge" entry, couldn't see one.
A suggestion then is maybe either highlight the term within the
paragraph or give the para a highlighted heading.
I guess for consistency all the checkboxes would need equal treatment.
Up to you though.
The docs looks very good indeed.

Congrats.
Peter

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